Hegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers will keep their Medals of Honor
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in 1890 that 20 soldiers who took the medal of honor for their actions on the wounded Knee in 1890 announced that they would hold their awards. In a video sent to social media Thursday evening.
Hegseth’s predecessor Lloyd Austin, He ordered the review of the awards in 2024 After the Congress recommendation at the 2022 Defense Law – a reflection of some deputies’ efforts to cancel the awards for those who participated in the Bloody Massacre in the reservation of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian.
While the events of that day are sometimes defined as a war, the historical records show that the US army, which is in the midst of the campaign of suppressing the tribes in the region, killed 250 domestic Americans, including the Lakota Sioux tribe, and tries to disarm domestic American warriors surrendered in their camps.
Uz We clearly reveal that (soldiers) deserve these medals, hegseth said in the video, özgü The places in the history of our nation are no longer ready to argue ”.
After the fight, 20 soldiers from the 7th Cavalry Regiment were given the honor medal and awards, such as the awards, courage, efforts to save other troops, and a series of actions such as “displacement of Sioux Indians” hidden in a lamb.
The event was also a famous part of the regiment history, Arması still containing the head of an Indian chef According to the Army Institute of Dynasty Arms, “Remembrance of India Campaigns”.
In 1990, the congress apologized to the grandchildren of those killed on the wounded knee, but did not cancel the medals.
According to Hegseth, the study panel ordered by Austin concluded that these brave soldiers should actually keep their medals away from the actions ”, but an official from the defense secretary could not say whether the report he referenced in the video was open to the public.
President Donald Trump is a executive order In March, the Congress, which eliminated the efforts to reintermate American history, has made more than one actions titled “Reclaiming Truth and Mental Health to American History ve and examining the use of the names of confederations and references in the army.
By honoring different figures, he returned the names of several armies to their original, confederation names.
Hegseth was restored 1914 Monument of the Confederation This was removed from the Arlington National Cemetery. In addition to depictions of slavery, the monument has a classic female figure crowned with olive leaves representing the American South.
In September, the US Military Academy in the West Point in New York confirmed that a picture of General Robert E. Lee, dressed in the confederation uniform, was re -exhibited in the school’s library after being released in 2022. The portrait has been showing a black man hanging in the library since the 1950s, Lee’s horse has been hanging in the library since the 1950s.
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